Parking lease signed Monday; city kept mum

6:27 PM,
Jun. 18, 2013

Parking meters in Mt. Lookout Square

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Jane Prendergast

Cincinnati's city manager signed a controversial parking lease Monday as soon as he was legally able to do so - paving the way for Cincinnati to lease its parking meters, garages, and lots.

The city was free to sign it since Monday afternoon, when Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Winkler dissolved his previous ruling that held the lease up. Dohoney signed it shortly after Winkler erased his ruling - though the city didn't announce the signing until Tuesday afternoon, about 24 hours later.

The city announced it with this tweet: "With TRO lifted, City Mgr has signed parking lease. ...